Los Angeles, and pretty much all of California, reaps the benefits that come from proximity to one of the most fertile agricultural regions in the country. The tendency, however, is to think that the ...

Off the coast of Goleta, sea farmer Doug Bush has been cultivating red algae seaweed since 2005. The jumbled red vegetable with fringed branches has led Bush to refer to it as a “pom-pom” of seaweed.

Researchers are focusing on the edible red seaweed, Gracilaria parvispora. The alga, known as "long ogo" by the Japanese, is eaten by people in Hawaii, Asia and the Pacific and is also a ...

An edible red seaweed grown on the reefs of Hawaii and used as a common thickening agent in Japanese cooking is the focus of new research in the US. With a grant in hand, researchers at the university ...

A few weeks ago, ”Seasonal Pantry” featured poke — that traditional Hawaiian mixture of fish, usually raw, soy sauce and two other ingredients that have been all but impossible to find on the mainland ...

The state Department of Health has ordered an Oahu seaweed farm to stop selling and distributing its Kahuku Ogo, Robusta Ogo and Sea Asparagus products, which have been connected to salmonella ...

Botanists from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa have uncovered key survival strategies used by invasive seaweed species in nearshore ecosystems, potentially explaining their dominance over native ...

A Kahuku seaweed farm has been cleared by the state Department of Health after being shut down from salmonella contamination. Marine Agrifuture LLC (Olakai Farm), had been ordered to stop sellilng and ...

Residents on Molokai have long complained about the thick mats of invasive algae clogging up the south shoreline, but nobody really knew just how bad it was, said wildlife biologist Arleone ...

Collectively, Americans have one of the least adventurous palates on the planet — especially when it comes to seafood. We find comfort in our narrow and unpersuadable appetite for battered shrimp, ...

MOSS LANDING — Not all edible produce is grown in the soil or on trees. Sometimes, it’s grown in water. In this case, it’s grown in tanks of natural seawater.Welcome to Monterey Bay Seaweeds, situated ...